SOCIOL 3AC Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Reproduction, Teachers College Press, Social Mobility
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Compares the middle-class tallinger"s lifestyles with the poor taylor"s lifestyles (children"s lives, raising techniques, etc. ) Talks about the class inequality in sf, berkeley, oakland, and richmond. Geoffrey canada creates the promise academy in harlem, ny to help poor black kids get into college. Study: how parents" social class impacts children"s life experiences (how it relates to general, educational, and occupationa l inequality) Highly structured (activities intended to give students advantages, not dictated by student) Unstructured (up to the students to decide what to do outside of schools) Easily adapt to newest findings for child development. There is a middle class and low-class culture. Middle-class parents are preparing their children to move seamlessly into the world with dominant cultural capital. Different parent practices differ by class (not by race) Finds small differences across both racial/ethnic groups and social classes. 2/3 of children will replicate their parents level of education. Parents who went to college have children who go to college.
